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Ray Davies Irons Out The Kinks

Ray Davies let Massey Hall in on a little secret last night. In his song "Village Green", the protagonist's former ladylove marries Tom, the grocer boy. According to Davies, it's only because Tom was "a hell of a lay." It's apt that Davies has a new song about feeling like a stand-up comic. His playful between-song banter...
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I Read The News Today... For May 16, 2011

All Time Low have announced a bunch of tour dates that'll take them across North America this spring and summer. Those of you who are groaning should count yourselves lucky: at least it's not Odd Future. Arcade Fire will play this year's Austin City Limits festival in Austin, Texas. It takes place Sept. 16 to 18 at the city's Zilker Park....
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 27, 2010

Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton Volume 5, a compilation featuring some songs by Hamilton, Ont. artists like Young Rival, Caribou, Arkells, Junior Boys and others, will be released in late September to coincide with the C+C Music Festival at this year's Hamilton Supercrawl. —Facebook The Meligrove Band will release a new album...
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Ray Davies Remains A Hard Working Man

It's been 44 years since The Kinks exploded on to the scene with the proto-punk classic, "You Really Got Me." As you'd probably expect, Ray Davies — the man who wrote, sang and played guitar on that track and numerous other memorable Kinks songs over the years — isn't making that kind of riff-heavy rock these days. But while the multi-...
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